The Life of Samuel Johnson: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides. To which are Added, Volum 10J. Murray, 1835 |
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... considered Johnson's most eloquent prose composition ; and he delighted in quoting that fine passage , where Johnson , at the close of his attack upon the doctrine of the Unities , says , " But when I think of the great authorities that ...
... considered Johnson's most eloquent prose composition ; and he delighted in quoting that fine passage , where Johnson , at the close of his attack upon the doctrine of the Unities , says , " But when I think of the great authorities that ...
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... considered as oversaving it ; and of this we have a pretty lively proof , p . 38 . vol . ii . of his Letters , where he rebukes Mr. Thrale for wishing to have him brought to Brightelmstone by Dr. Burney , that he might not be at the ...
... considered as oversaving it ; and of this we have a pretty lively proof , p . 38 . vol . ii . of his Letters , where he rebukes Mr. Thrale for wishing to have him brought to Brightelmstone by Dr. Burney , that he might not be at the ...
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... considered what a constant influx had flowed upon him , both of fortune and fame , to throw him off his bias of moral and social self- government . Sir , " replied Johnson , in his usual emphatical and glowing manner , you are very ...
... considered what a constant influx had flowed upon him , both of fortune and fame , to throw him off his bias of moral and social self- government . Sir , " replied Johnson , in his usual emphatical and glowing manner , you are very ...
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... considered as a sacred obligation , insomuch that , in relating the most minute anecdote , he would not allow himself the smallest addition to embellish his story . The late Mr. Tyers , who knew Dr. Johnson intimately , observed , that ...
... considered as a sacred obligation , insomuch that , in relating the most minute anecdote , he would not allow himself the smallest addition to embellish his story . The late Mr. Tyers , who knew Dr. Johnson intimately , observed , that ...
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... considered with re- gard to its diction or its tender appeal to the heart , it is alike exquisite : " It is not possible , " observes the moralist , " to be regarded with tenderness except by a few . That merit which gives great- ness ...
... considered with re- gard to its diction or its tender appeal to the heart , it is alike exquisite : " It is not possible , " observes the moralist , " to be regarded with tenderness except by a few . That merit which gives great- ness ...
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